Neptunia Idol Game’s Story Is About The CPUs Vs. Idol Group MOB48

Compile Heart and Dream C Club developer Tamsoft are making a Hyperdimension Neptunia idol game. What’s the story behind this? Dengeki PlayStation explains Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP takes place in Gamindustri, but in a parallel world from Neptunia Victory.

All of the sudden an idol game appears and MOB48 (a joke referencing the actual idol group AKB48) is taking share away from the CPUs. You have to get it back by earning stage points during live performances. Each show the number of fans and haters will change depending on the show. You can choose costumes for the idols and change the camera angle. During live events, the CPUs can transform which also transforms their singing voice.

Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP is slated for release on June 20 in Japan.

The English VA for Neptune has quite the pipes that might be enough to carry a tune. Not sure about the others…

Johnny Ray

Chritina Vee can sing I know.

M’iau M’iaut

Back in the day, Pioneer took dubbing songs seriously. They had LA based recording session musicians (i.e. damn good, but largely unknown talent) do the music for Tenchi and I believe El Hazard. Even going so far as to have these folks perform a concert with Chisa Yokoyama.

Just having the VAs sing songs would not work — but taking a approach like above just might.

That isn’t the point. The point is that without an English dub the game won’t sell at retail. And I doubt NISA will half dub it where the dialogue voices and singing voices don’t match.

FetusZero

Wouldn’t be the first game to be sold retail without a dub, this could be like.. the third one out there lol. I don’t know the exact count, but I know it wouldn’t be the first.
And if NISA did a “half-dub” for the first chapter of Mugen Souls, I don’t see why they wouldn’t do it for Neptunia.

Cazar

I hadn’t played Mugen Souls so I wasn’t aware of that. I had assumed NISA sought a higher consistency with the quality of their localizations. Who knows then it might be possible.

FetusZero

Can’t blame you, it seems like Mugen Souls didn’t get that much attention and I can understand why (even though I really enjoyed it).

It’s only the first part of Chapter 1 where they sing though, but thank god they kept the original for it, if there’s one thing I really don’t like in dubbed anime/games is when they dub the songs.. it just hurts my ears when they do lol. I can’t imagine if Sentai had dubbed the songs in Angel Beats! x_x

M’iau M’iaut

Can we please stop perpetuating this old myth. The story has been anecdotal back to days of PS1 games. And has been noted, there are plenty enough exceptions to the ‘rule’ on every Sony platform.

Flandre Scarlet

All of them, since it’s never going to come over.

RoxasTheUnknown1

LOL! xD Another parallel world huh? Sounds fun and silly like it should be. Guess they’re playing that card so that people treat it like a spin-off in case it doesn’t make it’s way overseas. NISA come on!

Landale

Given that every game so far has taken place in an alternate world from the previous one, I don’t think they’re doing that to let people treat it like a spin-off.

RoxasTheUnknown1

V is a direct sequel to mk2. They are interested in a solid continuation which they don’t tied in with the “experiments”.

Landale

It is a direct sequel that largely takes place in an alternate world from mk2. The existence of countless other alternates is brought up in at least one ending as well. Alternate realities do not necessarily indicate a spinoff with this series.

RoxasTheUnknown1

Depends how you look at it. The first game and most likely this do/won’t have anything to do with mk2/V’s main narrative which yes uses alternates but is tied together which this is not, meaning spinoff/side game. I mean imagine the reaction C.H would get if they came and straight up said this is the sequel to V. It just wouldn’t work. Playing the alternate reality card is just code for them trying something new without stepping on toes.

Zarx

The more news we get from this game, the more I just want it released so I can import it already.